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Carter's Bold Bid to Make Peace Between Trump and North Korea
Former President Jimmy Carter has stepped up to point a direction out of the looming crisis with North Korea. Trump should take Carter up on his offer to start negotiations of a permanent peace. It just might work; here's how.
Call Congress Now to Stop Trump's Giant Tax Giveaway
People's Action joins a broad coalition asking everyone to call 877-795-7862 NOW and tell your Members of Congress to vote against the Republicans' tax cut plan, which offers huge windfalls to corporations and the rich at our expense.
How The GOP Tax Scheme Will Screw Your Local Schools
A Republican proposal to eliminate the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) from federal income taxes will undercut education. It will also likely result in cuts to the same state and local taxes that provide most funding to schools.
Progressive Breakfast
Americans Don't Buy Tax Cuts, Polls Show Polls: Americans aren't buying key White House arguments for tax overhaul. NPR: "As Republicans scramble to assemble a tax overhaul bill, Americans aren't even sure that Congress should be focusing on reshaping the tax system....
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Tax Plan Delayed House GOP delays tax bill rollout. Politico: "House Republicans postponed the much-anticipated rollout of their tax reform proposal Tuesday night, an ominous sign for a direly needed legislative accomplishment for President Donald Trump and his...
The Great American Tax Heist
The GOP's tax plan sets off a scrum, when lobbyists fix rules to benefit the few, with lies and false promises to the many. One of the worst is tax "repatriation," which rewards, rather than reforms, tax avoidance by big corporations.
Dear Democrats: Screwing Public Schools Won't Get You Elected
Centrist think tanks and Democratic Party elites promise to lead the party out of the "wilderness," but what they're peddling is the same losing agenda on economics and education.
Progressive Breakfast
Mueller Russia Probe Arrests The ghost of Paul Manafort haunts the White House this Halloween. WaPo: "Unveiling the first batch of criminal allegations to come from probes into possible Russian influence in the American political system, Robert S. Mueller III proved...
Dems Want to Ditch Leaders and Move Left; They're Right
A new poll shows most Democratic voters want their party to move left, with new people in charge. In other words, they want a political revolution. They've got the right idea.
Progressive Breakfast
Indictment May Blow Hole In Trump's Big Week Looming indictment threatens Trump's big week. Politico: "An expected indictment Monday from the special counsel probing Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election leaves President Donald Trump facing a politically perilous...
